A former Jefferson County teacher has been arrested on charges of having inappropriate sexual contact with a student.

Jennifer Marie Perry, 27, surrendered to the Jefferson County Jail on Monday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. She is charged with having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student at Pinson Valley High School.

PINSON, AL (WBRC) – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says that the 17-year-old son of a former daycare worker has been charged with sexually abusing multiple children.

Eric Lemont Higdon was arrested Aug. 31 and charged as an adult with sexual abuse of a child less than twelve years old and two counts of sodomy in the first degree with the victim being less than twelve years old.